Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: garage
Song Meaning of “I Bought a Gun” by Elvis Depressedly
‘I Bought A Gun’ by Elvis Depressedly is a song of deep despair and hopelessness. It is about a narrator who is so overwhelmed by his struggles that he is resorting to drastic measures. He is so desperate for a measure of safety and security in his life that he takes the ultimately desperate step of buying a gun.
He is yearning for release, a freedom from his suffering, which sees him settle on this desperate solution. But there is a sense of remorse that he is doing something so extreme to reach his goal. He pleads for someone to come to him, to bring him from the darkness and the fear and he can sense that no one is coming to save him. In contrast with the bleakness of his situation, he speaks of the beauty of being able to decide one’s own fate, which at least gives him a sense of control.
Ultimately, the narrator is hopeless and lost, and he uses the gun as a way of trying to free himself – by taking his own life if necessary. It is a desperate plea for help and a cry of desperation in the face of unbearable suffering.